By Hannah Zaic As fans, judges, and musicians, anxiously await the start of the show in the Hard Rock Cafe’s dimly lit dining room, the mood is excited, perhaps even optimistic. Patrons, expecting just dinner with a side of rock & roll relic, are pleasantly surprised

by Geno Thackara Look through the Teenage Bottlerocket catalogue and the first glance already tells you these guys are consistent. You see a series of covers using the same skull-and-arrows logo with changing colors – Warning Device uses the familiar yellow of hazard

by Matt Kelchner 2014 was a breakout year for the crooning British singer Sam Smith to say the least. Last year’s debut album, In The Lonely Hour, has produced hit after hit. The record has also earned Smith six Grammy nominations, including album, record and song of the year, as

by Peter Brizick On December 2, 1984, two young bands entered what we know as the hallowed-halls of Maxwell’s in Hoboken, New Jersey. One band, Antietam, a powerful trio led by a female guitar player, was scheduled to play their second gig. Another band, Yo La Tengo, a trio

by Jane Roser When Brooklyn-based folk-pop duo Oh Honey hit The Trocadero this Saturday fans can expect a cup of catchy beats, a dash of beautiful harmonies and a swirl of sweet, sweet sunshine. “We’ve always had really great shows in Philly,” says

by Andi Bricklin Saturday night local hipsters will fill the Trocadero to be mesmerized by Irish singer-songwriter Andrew Hozier-Byrne, better known to most people as just Hozier. Did you get a ticket? No? Too bad. The show sold out long before his debut album, Hozier, was even